Katori Shrine
大沼香取神社
A historic village shrine in Kasukabe rebuilt after the Great Kanto Earthquake, featuring a community center on former temple grounds.
What it is
- A local shrine likely founded around 1678 in Kasukabe City.
- Designated as a village shrine in 1873 during the Meiji era.
- Formerly administered by a Shingon sect temple called Johoan until the early Meiji period.
- The current structures were rebuilt shortly after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.
What to see
- Shrine buildings reconstructed following their destruction in the 1923 earthquake.
- A community center located on the site of the former administrative temple building.
Getting there
- The site is a twenty-six minute walk from Ichinowari Station.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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